Proto-Altaic: *k`uŕe ( ~ -i)
Meaning: a k. of fur animal
Russian meaning: вид животного с мехом
Comments: Лексика 163. A Western isogloss. Note also similar names for 'squirrel' in Mong. (keremü; borrowed in Evk. keremun etc., see Doerfer MT 123) and Siberian Turkic languages (Khak. körǝk, Yak. kürǯügäs etc., borrowed in Kalm. kȫrǝg, see KW 243, VEWT 293). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,